Salt Minion Problems
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Installing Salt Minion on a VM
I made myself root, changed directory into the correct directory.
everything else ran correctly until the end where 'salt minion failed to run'
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@WrCombs I suggest you to change the hostnamw via hostnamectl.
What is the output of systemctl status salt-minion?
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So after a full server reboot the salt-minion finally started but it is not properly registering its key to the master correct @WrCombs .
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@Romo said in Salt Minion Problems:
So after a full server reboot the salt-minion finally started but it is not properly registering its key to the master correct @WrCombs .
Maybe this happen when you clone an already registered instance.
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@Francesco-Provino the minion does have a long hostname but it is unique, also the master is properly named as salt and discoverable via dns.
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Heres the new problem, the master doesn't have a key to accept.
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My vms are all set, I'll run the installation to better help you troubleshoot this. Meanwhile lets try restarting the service
sudo service salt-minion restart - 
And try checking the master again.
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@Romo stil' nothing

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Is the minion looking to the right master?
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Is the master's firewall ports open for Salt to be listening?
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@scottalanmiller said in Salt Minion Problems:
Is the minion looking to the right master?
how do I check these? I KNOW none of these commands and cant find one on the website
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@WrCombs by default a salt minion will try communicate with a master named salt.
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@WrCombs from your minion first try to ping your salt master by hostname so:
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yes,
I read that part. - 
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@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:
@scottalanmiller said in Salt Minion Problems:
Is the minion looking to the right master?
how do I check these? I KNOW none of these commands and cant find one on the website
Well the instructions for what to open are here:
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Here is how to see the firewall rules for the public zone...
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --list-all 
